IMPORTANT PHOTOBOOK about the "Unit" by legendary German photographer Michael Schmidt, the maker of "Waffenruhe" (Martin Parr, The Photobook, vol 2, page 65. The Open Book, Hasselblad Center, page 336/337. 802 photo books from the M.+M. Auer collection, page 673) and first German photographer getting a single exhibition at MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) in New York (with "U-ni-ty" in 1996). One of the MOST SCARCE Michael Schmidt publications - WIDELY UNKNOWN and SOUGHT-AFTER. EXCELLENT FRESH CONDITION. "Masterpieces In his photographic oeuvre, which began in 1965, German photographer Michael Schmidt, born in 1945 in Berlin, has engaged over and again with the changing urban landscape of his native city. With his book Waffenruhe (1987) Schmidt gained international acclaim. While taking on a new and lyrical style and printing gray as a firm color, Schmidt concentrates in Waffenruhe on the emotional conditions of changing ideologies as reflected in the urban environment of Berlin and the lives of its inhabitants." (from the publisher) Welcome to the "GERMAN PHOTOBOOKS" auction by Ecki Heuser (5Uhr30.com, Cologne) - with more than 100 fantastic lots. IF YOU WIN MORE THAN 1 OF MY BOOKS IN THIS AUCTION, YOU WILL PAY ONLY 1 X SHIPPING COSTS - WORLDWIDE. Snoeck, Cologne. 2010. First edition, first printing. Hardcover with jacket. 186 x 224 mm. 100 pages with 161 black and white photos. Photos: Michael Schmidt. Text in German. Condition: Book and dustjacket fresh and flawless, clean with no marks and with no foxing. Very light trace of use; no remarkable flaws or defects. Overall very fine condition. Great Michael Schmidt title - IN GREAT CONDITION.